Immanuel and St.

Andrew CE Primary School

Year 4 Class Bulletin
Term 1 September 2010

Dear Parents / Carers,

Welcome to Year 4’s Term 1 Class Bulletin!

I can’t believe that we’re already one week into new academic year! There’s a lot to look forward to
this year. The children have had a good start to the term and most of them are settling well into
year 4.

Our Creative curriculum theme for this term is ‘On your marks, get set, go!’ Most of the work this
term will be based on the Olympics. In Humanities (History & Geography) we will be looking at
Ancient Greece, the original home of the Olympics. In Literacy we will be looking at historical and
mythical stories that are linked with Ancient Greece. In Art we are going to create our own Olympic
logos for the 2012 Olympics and see if we can come up with something better! In Creative Arts and
D.T (Design & Technology) we will be looking at the designing and making of clothes including clothing
from Ancient Greece.

I hope the class bulletin answers most of your questions about the new term. If you have any
questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am available outside of the classroom
on the mornings from 8.45 and at the end of the school day.
Miss Kamson
Email: tkamson@immanuelschoollambeth.org.uk

Topics this term Important Notes:

Literacy 30th September – International Evening (6pm)

Our unit for the first three weeks will be based on
stories within a historical context. We will focus on
stories with historical settings and the children will
write their own short stories set in the past, using
their oral stories to structure the written versions.
6th October – Parents’ Evening (2-7pm)
19th October – Individual Photographs
(provisional date)

Later in the term, the children will be investigating

and identifying the features of recount texts based
on a real event. They will also be planning, drafting
and writing newspaper articles that contain both
factual and opinion based content.
Numeracy
Each week we will be focusing on a different aspect
of number or topic work, based on the National
Numeracy Strategy. By the end of year 4 children
should know multiplication facts for the 7, 8 and 9
timestables! This means that they should already be
confident with the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 timestables!
Please encourage your child to regularly practise the
timestables throughout the school year.
Homework
Homework will be given out on Wednesday and
due back the following Monday.
Homework will include maths and literacy
tasks, timetables and spellings each week.
Some weeks an extra piece of work will be set
based on one of the topics we are studying
this term. Year 4 Homework club is on
Wednesday after school.
For extra support at home please see the list
of websites provided on the back of the class
bulletin
PE
Indoor PE – Ball/Net games
Outdoor PE – Swimming
RE
The Muslim way of life – Children will look at the key
beliefs and teachings of Islam, making comparisons
with Christianity. They will have the opportunity to
ask questions and suggest answers about key aspects
of Islam.
A few of the children have volunteered to share
their personal experiences of Islam or Christianity
with the rest of the class and we are looking forward
to this.
ICT
We will be using ICT across the curriculum
particularly in Topics.
Science
In Science pupils will be learning about ‘Moving and
Growing’. Science will be taught by Mrs Hoare on
Thursday afternoons as I am timetabled for PPA.
Creative Maths
Creative Maths is timetabled for Friday mornings.
Pupils will be carrying out investigations in order to
deepen their understanding of Mathematics.
Spellings
Children will have their spelling test every
Monday morning. There will be 10 spellings
to learn each week. Please support the
children with learning their spellings. I am
sure that they will be eager to show off any
new spellings that they have learned.
Outdoor P.E
The children will be going swimming on
Tuesdays. Please remember to bring swimming
kits and towels. It is also very important that
the children wear a coat (with a hood or hat)
for the journey.
Indoor P.E
The children will have indoor P.E on
Wednesdays. Please remember to bring:
• Navy blue shorts or tracksuit
bottoms
• Pale blue T-shirt
• Trainers are optional
Shorts and T-shirts can be bought from the
school office along with Immanuel and St.
Andrew sweatshirts on Tuesdays.
Reading
Please continue to bring book bags to school
on a daily basis. Books from the school
reading scheme will be given to the children
and changed every week (The dates will be
confirmed) Please continue to listen to your
child read, ask them questions about the text
that they are reading and sign the reading
journal so we know that they have read to an
adult at home. Children will also have the
opportunity to take out and change library
books on a weekly basis.
Useful websites
For further games and activities linked to
Topics, Numeracy and Literacy for Key Stage
2, please encourage your children to visit the
following websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/
http://www.mad4maths.com/
http://www.woodlands-
junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory
/ancient_greeks/
http://nrich.maths.org/public/